Joshua Chapter 17

Joshua Chapter 17
1 This was also the lot of the tribe of
Manasseh: for he was the firstborn of
Joseph, to wit, of Machir the firstborn of
Manasseh, and the father of Gilead: now
because he was a man of war, he had
Gilead and Bashan.
2 And also of the rest of the sons of
Manasseh by their families, even of the
sons of Abiezer, and of the sons of
Helek, and of the sons of Asriel, and of
the sons of Shechem, and of the sons of
Hepher, and of the sons of Shemida:
these were the males of Manasseh, the
son of Joseph according to their
families.
3 But Zelophehad the son of Hephir, the
son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son
of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters:
and these are the names of his daughters,
Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and
Tirzah:
4 Which came before Eleazar the priest,
and before Joshua the son of Nun, and
before the princes, saying, The Lord
commanded Moses to give us an
inheritance among our brethren:
therefore according to the commandment
of the Lord he gave them an inheritance
among the brethren of their father. 5 And
there fell ten portions to Manasseh,
beside the land of Gilead and Bashan,
which is on the other side Jordan,
6 Because the daughters of Manasseh
did inherit among his sons: and
Manasseh’s other sons had the land of
Gilead.
7 So the borders of Manasseh were from
Asher to Michmethah that lieth before
Shechem, and this border goeth on the
right hand, even unto the inhabitants of
En-tappuah.
8 The land of Tappuah belonged to
Manasseh, but Tappuah beside the
border of Manasseh belongeth to the
sons of Ephraim.
9 Also this border goeth down unto the
river Kanah southward to the river:
these cities of Ephraim are among the
cities of Manasseh: and the border of
Manasseh is on the north side of the
river, and the ends of it are at the sea, 10
The south pertaineth to Ephraim, and the
north to Manasseh, and the sea is his
border: and they met together in Asher
northward, and in Issachar eastward.
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in
Asher, Beth-shean, and her towns, and
Ibleam, and her towns, and the
inhabitants of Dor with the towns
thereof, and the inhabitants of En-dor
with the towns thereof, and the
inhabitants of Thaanach with her towns,
and the inhabitants of Megiddo with the
towns of the same, even three countries.
12 Yet the children of Manasseh could
not destroy those cities, but the
Canaanites dwelled still in that land.
13 Nevertheless, when the children of
Israel were strong, they put the
Canaanites under tribute, but cast them
not out wholly.
14 Then the children of Joseph spake
unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given
me but one lot, and one portion to
inherit, seeing I am a great people, for as
much as the Lord hath blessed me
hitherto?
15 Joshua then answered them, If thou be
much people, get thee up to the wood,
and cut trees for thyself there in the land
of the Perizzites, and of the giants, if
mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
16 Then the children of Joseph said, The
mountain will not be enough for us: and
all the Canaanites that dwell in the low
country have chariots of iron, as well
they in Beth-shean, and in the towns of
the same, as they in the valley of Izreel.
17 And Joshua spake unto the house of
Joseph, to Ephraim, and to Manasseh,
saying, Thou art a great people, and hast
great power, and shalt not have one lot.
18 Therefore the mountain shall be thine:
for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it
down: and the ends of it shall be thine,
and thou shalt cast out the Canaanites,
though they have iron chariots, and
though they be strong.